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BLUES giant Radhi Jaidi has admitted he feels more comfortable playing against Premier League big-guns than Championship scrappers.

Alongside Martin Taylor, Jaidi was one half of the solid centre-back pairing that helped Blues secure promotion in 2007.

However, even Jaidi’s previous experiences of playing in the division weren’t enough to prepare him for this season’s highly-unpredictable Championship.

The Tunisia international, who played the full 90 minutes of his national side’s 2-1 victory over Kenya on Saturday, admits he was sadly mistaken when he originally thought the league would be easy.

Blues have already been stung twice this season by a so-called lesser side in Blackpool as well as being held by lowly Norwich City and Barnsley.

And the towering stopper even goes as far as saying that in many ways life can be easier in the top flight against the giants of English football.

“I think the Championship is more than enough for me, it’s very hard,” said Jaidi, who has experienced three seasons in the Premier League with Blues and Bolton Wanderers.

“I thought it would be easy but it has never been easy. It’s more difficult than the Premier League to concentrate.

“You can’t prevent what will come, it has never been clear and that is the hard thing because in the Premier League sometimes you feel comfortable playing even against the big teams, you know what to expect.

“But in the Championship you can lose against bottom teams, you don’t know what the result is going to be each week.

“Every Saturday you expect a surprise and that’s the hard thing. That’s why people ask why we don’t do well because it’s not clear and it’s not easy.”

With his contract up in the summer, Jaidi’s future at St Andrew’s remains in doubt but the 33-year-old has ruled out the prospect of dropping down divisions to keep on playing.

“I expect myself to finish my career in at least the Championship,” added Jaidi, who has made 25 starts for Blues this season.